National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Purdue 66, N.C. State 61
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Where: Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana
Officials: # Bill Ek, # Lamont Simpson, # Gene Steratore
Attendance: 12023

Purdue 66, North Carolina State 61:
Freshman Vince Edwards scored 16 points as the Boilermakers handed the visiting Wolfpack their first loss in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup.

Seven-footers A.J. Hammons (15) and Isaac Hass (13) added a combined 28 points and 12 rebounds for Purdue (6-1), which beat North Carolina State for the first time in five meetings. Kendall Stephens chipped in nine points, Dakota Mathias had seven and Edwards led the team with nine rebounds.

Kyle Washington had a career-high 17 points and a team-leading nine rebounds off the bench for the Wolfpack (6-1), who were playing their first true road game of the season. Alabama transfer Trevor Lacey added 15 for the visitors, but they were outrebounded (37-31) for the first time all season.

Purdue took a 36-34 lead into the second half, and it led 62-56 with a little more than five minutes to go before the Wolfpack closed to within 64-61. Lacey, however, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 opportunity before Beejay Anya was stripped after pulling down the offensive rebound and Hammons made a pair of free throws for the final margin.

With Edwards scoring 13 points, Purdue controlled the first half inside, and the visitors’ last lead of the half came at 4-2. The Boilermakers led by as many as nine, and they finished the half with the two-point lead and a 19-14 rebound edge, including 9-4 on the offensive glass which resulted in a 16-5 second-chance points advantage.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Purdue has won six straight ACC/Big Ten Challenge games and is now 8-6 overall in the series . … N.C. State, meanwhile, has lost six of its last seven Challenge contests and is 6-9 overall. … Purdue played without reserve G Bryson Scott, who sat out with an ankle injury.

Top Game Performances
 
N.C. State   Purdue
Kyle Washington 17 Scoring Vince Edwards 16
Trevor Lacey 3 Assists Rapheal Davis 6
Kyle Washington 9 Rebounds Vince Edwards 9
Beejay Anya 4 Free Throws Made Isaac Haas 5
Caleb Martin 2 Steals Rapheal Davis 2
Kyle Washington 2 Blocks A.J. Hammons 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
N.C. State 61 44.9 5-11 12-19 11 28 3 4 9
Purdue 66 39.3 7-20 15-22 16 36 2 3 10